kim biledi
/kim biledi/
Literal translation
who knows
Intended meaning
Nobody knows; said parenthetically to mark something as uncertain or impossible to tell.
- Kim biledi, ol jol alağa [Murat bla nögerlerine] oğurlu, oğursuzmu bolur.Who knows whether that road will prove kind or unkind to them [to Murat and his companions].
- Dağıda, kim bilsin, zamanında, es etib, ol ketgen adamğa bir zat bla boluşalmağanıbız, oŋ tapdırmağanıbız üçün bolur.And then again, who knows, it may be because at the time we took no care to help that departed person with anything, to give them any relief.
Variants
- kim bilsin
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 271